Arithmetic: In which the Principles of Operating by Numbers are Analytically Explained, and Synthetically Applied : ... Designed for the Us of Schools and Academies in the United States

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J. & J.W. Prentiss, 1830 - Arithmetic - 264 pages

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Page 126 - How does it appear, that in multiplying both terms of the fraction by the same number the value of the fraction is not altered ? 24.
Page 34 - Two men, A and B, start from the same place at the same time, and travel the same way ; A...
Page 102 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction ; to the product add the numerator, and write the result over the denominator.
Page 217 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 180 - ... multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first for the answer, which will always be of the same denomination as the third term.
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Page 112 - Multiply together the numerators for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator.
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